National Community Gardening Week Starts August 23, 2009

A LIST OF SOME GREAT GARDENING LINKS.

1.http://www.urbangardensweb.com/2009/08/23/national-community-gardening-week-starts-today/

2.http://www.gardeningtipsnideas.com/2009/08/why_weeds_keep_us_out_of_the_garden.html

3.http://blog.douggreensgarden.com/cold-tolerant-petunias/

4.http://gardening.about.com/od/totallytomatoes/ss/TomatoSeeds.htm

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6.http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2009/08/18/3685/

7.http://lonadawn.blogspot.com/2009/08/rose-of-sharon.html (HOCKING HILLS GARDENER)

8.http://www.myqualitytime.net/2009/08/change-world-wednesday-time-to-start.html (A PLUG FOR MY OWN BLOG)

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WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD ONE GARDEN AT A TIME.

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This is not about Medicine Hat. Cape Spear. Come By Chance, Joe Batt's Arm, Heart's Content. Hearts' Desire, or Starvation Cove.IT IS ABOUT BRUCE MINES ONTARIO CANADA

The baseball glove was invented in Canada in 1883 but not in Bruce Mines.

The area was named after James Bruce, the Governor General of Canada appointed in 1846.

Canada's largest city is Toronto located on Lake Ontario Not Bruce Mines which is located on the north shore of Lake Huron but both are located in the province of Ontario.

Canada is the home of many great inventions, including: basketball, the electric light bulb, the electric range, the electron microscope, standard time, the television, the telephone, and the zipper.So says the internet. Sorry about that Mr. Edison and Mr. Bell

LUNCH CONSISTED OF :a dish consisting of French fries covered with brown gravy . Poutine is a diner staple which originated in Quebec and can now be found across Canada (Just add the cheese curds). Also, I had the best apple pie I have ever eaten . (Sorry wife) For $15.00 Canadian you can buy a whole pie.

Saturday mail delivery in Canada was eliminated by Canada Post on February 1, 1969.(Canada is ahead on this but I think we may soon catch up).

Guess what??? One of the above pictures doesn’t belong to Bruce Mines. Which picture is it? (really not to hard a question).

Ok you figured it out and think your pretty smart aye. Where was the picture taken??( is in Canada)

Let me leave you with this thought: Canada does not own the North Pole but It is believed Santa Claus is from Canada.

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The BEST kept secret in Canada is

“Corner Gas” click on the picture for more details. The number one comedy sitcom in Canada and it is great. Thanks Canada..Joe Todd

CLOUDS OVER LANCASTER,OHIO

It is a wired world in Lancaster,Ohio and we do sometimes have neat skies and clouds.

Or is it a weird world? Have you every had a cloud direct a spray of water at you then disappear? Tom D'Ercole 1975, in Oyster Bay, New York.

Sometimes a cumulus cloud will pass over a town and rain down dead insects.This happened in Hutchinson, Minnesota as reported in 1932 issue of Science.

Same sky different perspective. Sometimes clouds will rain down seeds. This happened in Macerata, Italy 1897. The seeds came from a tree found only in central Africa and the Antilles.

Sometimes in drought conditions irate farmers have seen small planes fly into clouds eject “chemicals” and then watch the rain clouds just disappear.A sinister conspiracy.

I wonder why they run a power line right thru a tree. Maybe to make it easier for the squirrels. (not really the case but it looks like it). It started in the 1940’s, cigar shaped clouds or cigar or saucer shapes in clouds. The aliens have arrived.

That’s what the sky looks like from the perspective of a corn tassel. Now I will tell you what is strange,all the above pictures were taken in my backyard in August in Ohio. We just don’t get clear blue skies like that with white puffy clouds in the middle of summer.

So I think I will go golfing

(click on above photo for Hilton Head golf video)

A more typical Ohio summer sky. For more great photos from all over the world check out SkyWatchFriday.

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CHANGE THE WORLD WEDNESDAY TIME TO START COMPOSTING

You can add finished compost to your garden about 2-4 weeks before you plant.

Almost anything  that was living at one time is great for compost bins (think plant life not animal) No fats,pet droppings etc.

Think sun for that compost bin 120 and 160 degrees is best

Grass clippings for nitrogen and straw for carbon.

Coffee grounds and worms go together plus all those vegetable table scraps

Paper sure but shred it first.

Think in 3’s  3ftx3ftx3ft size wise and turn every couple weeks to aerate your pile.

 

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WATERY WEDNESDAY MAINE COAST AND ACADIA NP. (JORDAN POND)

A FEW FACTS ABOUT WATER SINCE THIS IS WATERY WEDNESDAY.

1. Aristotle noted that a glass of hot water will freeze before a glass of cold water.

2.Water needs nucleation to freeze. At  below -135 °C, it becomes "glassy water," a solid with no crystal structure.

3.Watch video Super Cooled Water:

That’s all folks…

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FRENCH RIVER,Rivière des Français' ONTARIO,CANADA THE PERFECT GETAWAY

A river in Central Ontario, Canada. It flows 110 kilometers (68 mi) from Lake Nipissing west to Georgian Bay

The River flows through typical Canadian Shield country, in many places exposing rugged glaciated rock.

I have driven over the French River on Hwy 69 probably a hundred times and now I know what things look like from a river perspective.

Highway bridge,The green pedestrian bridge in background, and lastly the railroad bridge. I can hear the sound of a train in the distance.

We stayed at a Ridgewood Cottage which is located on Dry Pine Bay one of the first bays east of Hwy 69.

The Ojibwa named this the "French River" because it became associated with French explorers of the 17th century.

Yes we did catch some fish:

And then Ron caught the MUSKIE

36 inches long had to be 48 inches to be a keeper.

TED R. SAYS THANKS FOR STOPPING BY:

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